tar_extract_all(3) C Library Calls tar_extract_all(3)NAME
tar_extract_all, tar_extract_glob, tar_append_tree - high-level tar ar‐
chive manipulation functions
SYNOPSIS
#include <libtar.h>
int tar_extract_all(TAR *t, char *prefix);
int tar_extract_glob(TAR *t, char *globname, char *prefix);
int tar_append_tree(TAR *t, char *realdir, char *savedir);
VERSION
This man page documents version 1.2 of libtar.
DESCRIPTION
The tar_extract_all() function extracts all files from the tar archive
associated with the TAR handle t into the path named by the prefix
argument.
The tar_extract_glob() function extracts all files matching the given
glob pattern from the tar archive associated with the TAR handle t into
the path named by the prefix argument.
The tar_append_tree() function appends all files from the directory
tree named by realdir to the tar archive associated with the TAR handle
t. The pathnames stored in the tar archive are modified by replacing
realdir with savedir, so that the files will be extracted into savedir.
RETURN VALUES
On successful completion, these functions will return 0. On failure,
they will return -1 and set errno to an appropriate value.
ERRORS
These functions will fail under the same conditions that the
tar_skip_regfile(), tar_extract_regfile(), opendir(), lstat(), or
tar_append_file() functions fail.
SEE ALSOopendir(2), lstat(2), tar_skip_regfile(3), tar_extract_regfile(3),
tar_append_file(3)University of Illinois Jan 2001 tar_extract_all(3)
